1. HOUSTON NEW ARTS
MOVEMENT
Performance for a new Audience
Music
Dance
Art
Multimedia

2. ADAM VINCENT CLAY
• Played piano since age 7
• B.M. from University of Oklahoma
• Outstanding Undergraduate Piano
Student Senior Yr
• Studied Piano with:
• Dr. Dean Shank
• Dr. Jeongwon Ham
• Dr. Ed Gates
• Studied Composition with:
• Dr. Lance Hulme
• Dr. Marvin Lamb
• Performed in Master Classes with:
• Arnaldo Cohen
• Nancy Weems
• Jack Gibbons

3. ADAM VINCENT CLAY
• Founder pianist and
composer for Houston New
Arts Movement
• Perform Salon Concerts in
River Oaks, Conferences, &
Special Events
• Played in a variety of venues
in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and
Texas
• Private Piano Studio for
adults and Kids
• Love Russian Music and
Culture
• Mission: make classical
music an accessible and
powerful experience for all
audiences

4. CONY RUIZ TAMEZ
• Principal cellist of many
orchestras
• Performed in
Mexico, USA , and Australia
• Studied at Escuela
Superior de Musica y
Danza de Monterray
• Bachelors in Marketing
from Instituto Tecnologico
y de Estudios Superiores
de Monterrey
• Masters Degree of
International Business
from Macquire University
in Sydney

5. LAURA CIVIDINO
• Studied Violin at J. Tomadini
Conser vator y of Music in
Udine, Italy
• Violin Diploma from Diego Masutti
• Piano diploma in 2005 with prof.
Ugo Cividino
• Studied with Professor Helfried
Fister in Klangenfur t
Austria, receiving a diploma
from that school
• Master s in Violin Per formance
with Prof. Andrzey Grabiec at
University of Houston in 201 2
• Per formed in
Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Por
tuagal, Slovenia, China, and U.S.

6. LAURA CIVIDINO
• Member of OAO (Orchester
Akademie Ossiach), and of
SFK
(Slovenia, Friuli, Kaertner)
in Austria, Piccolo
Academia in Italy, Clear
Lake Symphony, Houston
Sinfonietta, and Moores
School of Music Orchestras
in US.
• Masterclasses with Gustav
Meyer, Helfried
Fister, Rainer
Kussmaul, Igor
Ozim, Andrzej
Grabiec, Debussy
Quartet, & others
• Chile tour of YOA (Youth
Orchestra of Americas)

7. KOSTADIN DYULGERSKI
• Performed violin and viola
with numerous orchestral
ensembles throughout US
and Europe
• Held Positions at Baton
Rouge Symphony
Orchestra, Lousiana
Sinfonietta, Acadiana
Symphony, and Plovdiv
Philharmonic Orchestra
• Appeared with Houston
Grand Opera, Houston
Symphony, and performs
regularly with the Mercury
Baroque Orchestra
• Native of Plovdiv Bulgaria

8. KOSTADIN DYULGERSKI
• James Dunham
• Dobrin Petkov National Music
School (High
• Teaches private students and
School), graduated with
coaches small groups in
distinction
several Houston area schools
• Master‟s degree at Rice
• Mercury Orchestra‟s outreach
University Shepherd School of partnership program at Yes!
Music
Prep public school.
• Principal positions in Rice
• Teaches guest Master classes
Symphony and Chamber
in native Plovdiv
Orchestras
• Master classes with:
• Hellen Callus
• Hsin-Yun Huang
• Paul Kantor

9. J. LUIS RAMIREZ
• B.M. and M.M. from
University of Houston
• Studied with Fredell Lack
• Studied violin since age 8
• “Esculea de musica Vida y
Movimiento”, Mexico
• Studied with Natalia
Gbdotetskaya
• Winner of National violin
competition: “Hermilo
Novelo” on two occasions.
• Soloist in US, Mexico, and
Columbia
• Touring member of
Orchestra of the Americas

10. J. LUIS RAMIREZ
• Toured in
US, Canada, Mexico, Colu
mbia, Ecuador, Brazil, Per
u, Germany and China
• Awarded position in World
Orchestra
• Member of Texas Music
Festival, Premier
Orchestra
Institute, National Music
Festival, Young Euro
Classics
• Active teacher, and
performer in Houston and
surrounding areas.

11. LEAH KOVACH
• Performed in orchestras and
chamber music across four
continents
• Appeared in Spoleto USA, the
New York String Orchestra
Seminar, the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, and
the New World Symphony
• M.M. from Rice University
• Teaching Assistant to James
Dunham
• Faculty at M.P. Hammond Prep
School
• B.M. and Performer‟s
Diploma from Indiana
University
• Studied under Atar Arad

12. LEAH KOVACH
• 2013-14 Da Camera of
Houston Young Artist
award
• Performing with Austin
Symphony Orchestra this
season
• Dedicated to bringing
classical music to
underexposed
communities
• Teaches privately in
Houston area school
district
• String Coach for the
Kinkaid School‟s 2012
tour of China

13. BEGINNINGS
• Community of musicians, artists, composers that actively
create, perform, and discuss music and art.
• College experience
Issues:
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Isolation in practice rooms
Separation between composer and performer
Improvisation not encouraged or discussed in college
• Low -brow high-brow art
• “High-brow Low-brow”
• Lawrence Levine

14. PHILOSOPHY
• Community & Ensemble
• Discuss, create, promote deeper under standing and appreciation for
classical music
• Suppor t network for local per formers, composer s, and ar tists
• Reaches traditional and non -traditional audiences
• Places classical music in new settings where once inaccessible
• Ar tist‟s sales go to individual ar tists
• Multinational/multicultural
• B ul g a ria. M ex i c o , It a l y
• Ci t y o f H o us to n – m o s t ra c i a l ly a n d et h n i c ally di ve r se c i t y i n US
• Innovation
• Combine work from exper ts in their fields with music
• Reestablish composers and active listening to music as par t of the
culture

15. OBJECTIVES
• Involve audiences creatively in concerts
• Participate in structure improvisations, and playing
through/performing works as a means for understanding
dynamics of the ensemble
• Listening and discussing music together
• Holding Salon Concerts with Discussion, where the audience can
provide their questions and reflections on the music
• Enhancing the groups experience
• Establishing a safe place for new music and art to be
presented and discussed.
• Art = dream

16. GOALS
• Host, promote, & perform Composers’ Salon Concer ts
• Arrange concerts with original themed art
• “Art gallery” concerts
• Programing thematic concerts, with titles
• Lost Voices
• Transformations
• Programming experimental music and improvisation alongside
classical music, alongside well -known music
• Performing in traditional & non -traditional settings
• Calling for scores
• Composers contests for young composers
• Premiering new works

17. THEMED CONCERTS
• Lost Voices
• Poetry:
• “Fears”
• Never-before performed works
• “A Phoenix Park Nocturne”
• Arthur Lourie
• Artwork:
• Inspired by the music

18. THEMED CONCERTS
• “Transformations”
• Beethoven
• Shostakovich
• Schnittke
• “Beginning with Beethoven”:
• Composer who transformed
music
• Music expressing
transformation
• Piano Sonata “Les Adieux”
• Farewell to one of his most loyal
supporters
• Transformation of moods
• Cello Sonata:
• New ideas for piano
being equal part as cello:

19. THEMED CONCERTS
• Music in Context:
• Emotional
• Historical
• Philosophical
• Artistic
• Artwork compliments music
• Beethoven foldout
• Comparison to current music
• Multi-sensory approach
• Education = discovery =
excitement

20. THEMED CONCERTS
• “Surviving with Shostakovich”
• History
• Stalinist Russia
• Zhdanov Doctrine
• Shostakovich stays in Russia
• Schizophrenia
• Shostakovich sounds
• Sarcasm
• Forced happiness
• Evade censorship by using Russian
tunes
• Hidden meanings
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Viola Sonata: Ending time
M o c k i n g Ru s s i a n t u n e s
S o r row
Fe a r
Retreat into his inner world
Hollow melodies
• Doublespeak

21. THEMED CONCERTS
• “Surpassing with Schnittke” (In preparation
for 2014)
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Culmination of Shostakovich‟s ideas
Quotes Beethoven and Shostakovich
Modern but immediately effective
Polystylism
Transformative works – „surpassing‟ sounds
• Includes all sounds
• Rarely performed
• “The real legacy of Schnittke's music is its
multidimensional exploration of what musical
truth in the 20th century might be, from chaotic
polystylism to heartfelt spirituality”
• “One of my life goals is to overcome the gap
between serious music and music for
entertainment, even if I break my neck doing so”
– Schnittke

22. THEMED CONCERTS
• “Surpassing with Schnittke”
• Debuts at May, 2014 – St. Cyril of
Alexandria
• Musical Clips:
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Cello Sonata – I. Largo
Concerto Grosso, No. 2 – III. Allegro
String Quartet No. 2 – II. Agitato
String Quartet No. 2 – IV. Moderato

23. COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
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My idea/creativity
Terry Riley
Composed in 1964
35 Motives
• Improvisation and Composition
• Minimalism
• Music can be heard at any point
• Motion and Music
• Dancers
• Moving Musicians
• Rolling Piano Canvas

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Engineer-designed and built platform for piano
Donated piano
Dancers
Artists
Musicians

35. SUMMARY
• Make Beautiful Music accessible to all audiences
• Traditional and non-traditional audiences
• Ticketed and donation only concerts
• Collaborate with experts
• Reestablish classical music in the culture
• Recover lost music
• Bring excellent multimedia experiences to audiences in a new
generation
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Houston New Arts Movement
501c3
Available for private bookings
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May per formance of Schnittke